The Veteran's claim for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis has been remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and post-service treatment records. The VA Social and Industrial survey was not sufficient in assessing the impact of his disabilities on employment.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the previous examination did not provide a comprehensive assessment of the Veteran's employability due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Left-hand disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19100135
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including GERD, headaches, bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, and multiple musculoskeletal and other conditions, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right shoulder, right-hand, left-hand, right foot, and left foot disabilities as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for left-hand and right-hand disabilities based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded them for a VA examination to determine their etiology.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased 60 percent rating for the Veteran's left-hand disability and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of the left hand, effective July 17, 2015.
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